Score card and tray turner for tile game sets



June-9, 1925. 1,541,554 7 G. D. EVERITT SCORE CARD AND TRAY TURNER FOR TILE GAME SETS Filed Dec. 5. 1924 Sn uc 14 501 Patented June 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

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Application filed December 3, 1924:; Serial No. 753,584.

useful Improvementsfin Score Cards and Tray Turners for Tile Game Sets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to tile game equipment' and to the provision of reference means for the keeping and ascertaining of players scores, and has for its object to effect the provision of such reference means in ainanner assisting in the operation of the game.

Game sets comprising a series of tiles are usually carried in cabinets comprising trays, and upon the commencement of a game the said tilesare transferred from the trays to a play table upon which they are reversed or placedfacedownwards and then shuflied,

this reversing of the tile usually being effected piece by piece and an attempt is made to reverse them sometimes. en bloc by the quick inverting of the tray, which however, I

is very seldom successful as some of the tiles falling from the tray do not necessarily light on their faces and is attended by an undesirable scattering of the said tiles. Accordingly it is an object of this invention to overcome these cumbersome methods of transferring the tiles from the trays to the play table and to effect the use of a reference card in the effecting of such transfer.

Still further objects are to provide for the positioning of the card relative to the tray in such manner that it may be easily operated in a desired manner, and to provide means associated with the said card facilitating its removal from the tray in a manner hereinafter described.

Still further objects subsidiary to or resulting from the aforesaid objects, or from the construction or operation of the invention as it may be carried into effect, will become apparent as the said invention is hereinafter further disclosed.

In carrying the said invention into effect I may provide in combination with a game set wherein tiles are normally stored in the trays of the cabinet, a closure extending over the face of the said tiles in the form of a score card or reference tablet, said closure projecting beyond one of the edges of said cabinet and provided with means for gripping the same, whereby the said tablet may be used to prevent the-falling. out or displacmg of tiles from the said tray when it is inverted upon a table and whereby the said tablet may be withdrawn prior to the removal of the tray to allow the said tiles to rest face downward and in practically unaltered lateral arrangement with respect to one, another, preparatory to shuffling after the removal of the tray. All of which is nioreparticularly described and ascertained in the following description of the example shown in the accompanying drawing, where- 1n- Figure l is a perspective viewof a cabinet, on of t e tr ys f. hic is'par ly wi drawn and partly broken away, the card or tablet being shown in position with one of its corners also broken away to disclose the ti s he e ben ath;

. Figure 2 is a perspective view of the tray removed;

Figure 3, is a broken perspective view of the same inverted uponv a table with the tablet in position;

F gu e 4 s a similar e- 9 Figure showing the disposition of the pieces after the removal of the tablet;

Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating the inverted tiles after the removal of both the tablet and the tray;

Figure 6 is a perspective detail view of the tablet illustrating the front thereof, and

Figure 7 is a similar view illustrating the back of the tablet.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several figures of the drawing.

1 is a drawer or tray, several of which may be enclosed in a cabinet 2,the said tray being adapted to contain a series of tiles 3 having their face portions 4 presented upwardly, andextending over the faces of said tiles is arranged a card or tablet 5 which preferably has printed matter 6 on its face of a nature desirable for reference or scoring purposes.

As shown by Figure 2, the card 5 forms a closure for the open top of the tray when removed from the cabinet so that when it is desired to transfer the tiles to the table the said tray may be inverted on a table 7 as shown in Figure 3, the card preventing displacement of the tiles during such inversion and forming a support for the inverted tiles when placed upon the table in the manner shown in the said Figure 3.

It is now required that the card be removed, for which purpose I have indicated one end of the card as being provided with an oflset portion 8 forming a rib or finger grip by which the said card may be drawn outwardly from beneath the inverted tiles, this offset portion 8 also serving to prevent the card being so displaced that it would not project from the inverted tray sufliciently to permit its being so withdrawn.

Upon the removal of the card the inverted tiles are then positioned with their faces in contact with the top of the table 7 as indicated in Figure 4t, after which the tray may be removed from the table leaving the tiles resting upon the table en bloc as shown in Figure 5,, thuspermitting them to be very conveniently shuffled without undue scattering.

The use of the card or tablet in this manner forms a great convenience in the laying out of the tiles upon the table preparatory to the shuffling thereof and overcomes the objections hitherto experienced in effecting the transferring of the tiles from a cabinet to the table.

This invention maybe developed within the scope of the following claims without departing from the essential features of the said invention and it is desired that the specification and drawing be read as being merely illustrative and not in a limiting sense except as necessitated by the prior art.

What I claim is 1. A reference card for use with tile game trays comprising a card adapted to receive writing, said card being of a size approximating the tray with which it is to be used, and provided with a projecting handle at one edge thereof.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the handle is offset from the plane of said card.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the handle is in the form of a rib on the edge of said card.

4. In combination with a tile game tray, a of tiles arranged in and normally supported on the bottom of said tray, a card confining said tiles inisaid tray when it is inserted preparatory to transferring said tiles to a table, said card projecting from one edge of said tray to facilitate its removal therefrom, and stop means ensuring the required projection of said card.

5. In combination with a tile game tray a set of tiles arranged in and normally sup ported on the bottom thereof, and a card confining said tiles therein when placed thereover preparatory to transferring said tiles to a table, said card having an offset edge outwardly engaging the edge of said tray.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GORDON D. EVERITT.

Witnesses KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. Donn.

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